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Foster Farms issues first recall in 16-month salmonella outbreak
Foster Farms would only be required to issue a recall for salmonella if a specific illness could be directly tied to its product. In this case, a child had consumed a package of the company's chicken breast, inspectors said. Foster Farms would only be required to ...
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CBS News
Holiday travelers, beware: There are a lot of drowsy drivers out there
In a new government survey, one in 25 U.S. drivers said they had fallen asleep at the wheel a least once over the prior month. The study found those most at risk for having accidents while driving drowsy are those under 25, males, people who binge drink, ...
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CMS fee schedule for Shared Savings program emphasizes outcomes
The CMS plans to increase the number of quality measures in the Medicare Shared Savings program for accountable care organizations and put greater emphasis on outcomes. The changes, included in the 2015 Medicare physician fee schedule (PDF), ...
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Medscape
BioAlliance Pharma: FDA approval of Beleodaq(TM) (belinostat)
BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO), an innovative Company specialized in the development of drugs in orphan oncology diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Topotarget Accelerated Approval of ...
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CTV News
Headbanging caused brain bleed in Motorhead fan, German doctors say
LONDON -- It may not destroy your soul, but it turns out heavy metal music can be hazardous to your brain. At least in some rare cases. German doctors say they have treated a Motorhead fan whose headbanging habit ultimately led to a brain injury, but that ...
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Reuters
Most men would rather shock themselves than be alone with their thoughts
People, and especially men, hate being alone with their thoughts so much that they'd rather be in pain. In a study published in Science Thursday on the ability of people to let their minds “wander” — that is, for them to sit and do nothing but think — researchers ...
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SFGate
Mother, baby well after roadside delivery on Heyburn Highway
The Uriguen-Crown family expanded unexpectedly on Monday afternoon when Shawna Uriguen went into labor delivering six pound Kimber Marie Crown as she drove down the Rupert-Burley Highway. After a quick call to her fiancé Clay, ambulance crews ...
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CBS News
How magic mushrooms really "expand the mind"
Your brain on psychedelic drugs looks similar to your brain when you're dreaming, suggests a new study that may also explain why people on psychedelics feel they are expanding their mind. In the study, the researchers scanned the brains of 15 people ...
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The Province
This Week's Health Headlines
ONLINE CALCULATOR HELPS JUDGE ALCOHOL CONTENT. How strong is that piña colada? Depending on how it's made, it could contain as much alcohol as two glasses of wine. The U.S. National Institutes of Health is trying to spread the word: Take a ...
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KEYT
Bad teeth? Blame your genes
CNN
(CNN) -- Remember "The Big Book of British Smiles" from "The Simpsons"? The dentist used it to scare children into proper dental hygiene. And let's be honest, it was funny! Because though British tea and good manners have an excellent international ...
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Steroid Shots May Not Help Back Pain
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- People who have lower back pain caused by spinal stenosis -- a condition that narrows the open space in the spinal canal -- are unlikely to get relief from steroid shots, a new study finds. "Steroid injections are ...
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CBS Local
Vector Control fogs for West Nile virus
Willow Glen neighborhoods have been fogged for mosquitoes by Santa Clara County Vector Control twice over the past few weeks, but some residents say they didn't receive advance notice. Patty Mitchell, who lives on Minnesota Avenue, said she never got ...
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Hr Morning
Walgreens to pay diabetic who needed food fast and was fired
Walgreens has agreed to pay $180,000 to a longtime South San Francisco cashier with diabetes who was fired in 2008 for grabbing and eating a $1.39 bag of chips to fend off an attack of low blood sugar, a federal civil rights agency said Wednesday.
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Daily Digest
Scientists successfully grow new human corneas from adult stem cells
A major accomplishment has been made in replacement organ regrowth as scientist report that they successfully regrew human corneas from a very rare kind of adult stem cell harvested from deceased donors. By John Tyburski, Daily Digest News
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Chinatopix
Aerobic/Strength Training Combo May Be Best Workout for Diabetics
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of aerobic and resistance training may work better than either type of exercise alone in helping people with diabetes control their blood sugar, a new review finds. Researchers analyzed data ...
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USA TODAY
Numbing Medications Can Harm Teething Babies, FDA Warns
Teething infants can come to serious harm or even death from certain "gum-numbing" medications, according to a new warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency said Wednesday that local anesthetics known as viscous lidocaine, ...
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Fox News
Ebola: a ruthless killer
EBOLA. This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. Photo by Cynthia ...
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